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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1971
Page
1
Conferees from the House and Senate struggle to renew the draft for two years after its expiry. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield backs a nine month Indochina pullout plan while House supporters push to revisit a $2.4 billion military pay compromise amid the stalemate.
The United States and South Vietnam will assess the Viet Cong seven point peace package at the weekly Paris talks. No quick verdict is expected. The plan, introduced by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, calls for simultaneous U S withdrawal and POW releases. North Vietnam endorsed it, with emphasis on the first point and a year end U S withdrawal.
Informant sources say President Georges Pompidou rejects reintegration move that would align France with the United States West Germany and other NATO members in the NATO Integrated Communications System. Ambassador Francois Tricornot de Rose conveyed the decision in a letter to North Atlantic Council received May 26.
Forty senators warn millions of children may go hungry this summer and press the Nixon administration to release promised funds. They fault the Agriculture Department for encouraging local expansion while cutting new-money requests, noting $18.1 million available is $15 million short of needs but three times last year’s allocation.
Washington reports the State Department unveils a reorganization aimed at moving beyond the country state era of diplomacy and reforming the foreign service corps criticized for excessive conformity.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield says the 7th Army in Europe faces drugs race and field comforts problems. He proposes phased troop reductions toward two divisions then a single division by the mid 1970s, citing economic strains and European defense efforts.
President Nixon warned the United States risks decline into decadence as he urged media, editors, and opinion leaders to emphasize the nation's positive values. In Kansas City he linked current vitality to moral strength while noting ongoing Vietnam and Middle East diplomacy remains unsettled.
Beech Island voters rejected incorporation 262 to 62 yesterday. Mayoral candidates Bill Seagle and L. H. Carter failed to win office along with eight council members. Officials cited misunderstandings and unasked questions as key factors in the defeat.
A Dallas sailor, Robert W. Sims, 20, seeks to block extradition to Spain on possession of hashish charges after stowing away on a Charleston bound ship. He filed for a restraining order in U S District Court while appeals proceed. Sims was aboard USS Holland stationed at Rota Spain.
Fidel Castro’s regime announced the swap of 18 Americans held in Cuba for four Cuban fishermen jailed in the United States. The exchange followed the transfer of the Cubans from an American prison to a Cuban boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Fines for five of the Americans and sentence reductions for the Cubans were cut, with details noted on Havana Radio.
Saigon reports Lao government forces push a two prong attack on the Plain of Jars as Meo tribesmen backed by CIA funds seize the southern rim and Air America helicopters deploy cmdos to the central airfield 103 miles northeast of Vientiane. Monsoon mud limits Communist supply and resistance, prolonging a stalled conflict.
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